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X-Ray Magazine :: Issue 35 :: April 2010 Sea Glass Jewelry: Recycling Ocean Gems Mexico Cozumel Tech Talk GLOBAL EDITION Choosing a April 2010 Number 35 Tech Instructor Profile Rich Walker Wrecks Treasure Canary Islands Stingrays DOMINICA Hot Rod Sea Sculpture Cris Woloszak Sperm1 X-RAY MAG : 35 : 2010 Whales COVER PHOTO BY ERIC CHENG DIRECTORY X-RAY MAG is published by AquaScope Media ApS Frederiksberg, Denmark www.xray-mag.com PUBLISHER SENIOR EDITOR Interior of wreck, Scapa Flow, Scotland. Photo by Lawson Wood & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Symes Peter Symes [email protected] [email protected] SECTION EDITORS contents PUBLISHER / EDITOR Andrey Bizyukin, PhD - Features & CREATIVE DIRECTOR Arnold Weisz - News, Features Gunild Symes Catherine Lim - News, Books [email protected] Simon Kong - News, Books Mathias Carvalho - Wrecks ASSOCIATE EDITORS Cindy Ross - GirlDiver & REPRESENTATIVES: Cedric Verdier - Tech Talk Americas: Scott Bennett - Photography Arnold Weisz Scott Bennett - Travel [email protected] Fiona Ayerst - Sharks Michael Arvedlund, PhD Russia Editors & Reps: - Ecology Andrey Bizyukin PhD, Moscow [email protected] CORRESPONDENTS Robert Aston - CA, USA Svetlana Murashkina PhD, Moscow Enrico Cappeletti - Italy [email protected] John Collins - Ireland Marcelo Mammana - Argentina South East Asia Editor & Rep: Nonoy Tan - The Philippines Catherine GS Lim, Singapore [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS THIS ISSUE Ron Akeson ASSISTANT EDITORS Scott Bennett & REPRESENTATIVES: Mary Beth Beuke Malaysia Editor & Rep: Nick Bostic Simon Kong, Kuala Lumpur Mathias Carvalho [email protected] Eric Cheng Catherine GS Lim Canada/PNW Editor & Rep: Gareth Lock Barb Roy, Vancouver Rosemary E. Lunn [email protected] Bonnie McKenna Andy Murch GirlDiver Editor & PNW Rep: Barb Roy Cindy Ross, Tacoma, USA Robert Sterner [email protected] Gunild Symes ERIC CHENG Peter Symes ADVERTISING Carol Tedesco International sales rep: Chris Wolosjak Arnold Weisz Lawson Wood 24 30 36 53 plus... [email protected] THE TREASURES SPERM WHALES COZUMEL SEA GLASS JE W LERY : EDITORIAL 3 MARKETING MANAGER: WITHIN THE TREASURE OF DOMINICA MEXI C O RE C Y C LING OC EAN GEMS NEWS 5 Asia-Pacific rep: Yann Saint-Yves BY CAROL TEDES C O BY ERI C CHENG BY MATHIAS CARVALHO EDITED BY GUNDIL SYMES AND Simon Kong (Malaysia) [email protected] WRECK RAP 20 [email protected] CATHERINE G S LIM Further information: contacts TRAVEL NEWS 28 French speaking territories: page at www. xray-mag.com 58 74 84 BOOKS & MEDIA 35 Mathias Carvalho STINGRAYS : WINGED PROFILE : HOT ROD SEA SC ULPTURE : EQUIPMENT NEWS 49 [email protected] WONDERS OF THE RI C H WALKER CRIS WOLOS J AK SHARK TALES 58 Canada CANARY ISLANDS BY ROSEMARY E. LUNN EDITED BY GUNILD SYMES TURTLE TALES 64 Wendy Jankovic BY ANDY MUR C H [email protected] WHALE TALES 70 Not yet subscribed to PHOTO NEWS 76 SUBSCRIPTION columns... X-RAY MAG? Sign up now! X-RAY MAG International Edition in English is FREE It’s FREE! QUICK! EASY! To subscribe, go to: www.xray-mag.com 35 57 66 78 click here... COVER PHOTO: Pod of Sperm Whales, Dominica BOOK LOG SC UBA MARKETING : TE C H : CHOOSING UW PHOTO : PHOTO THIS PAGE: Sperm Whale, Dominica BY ROBERT STERNER SPRING INTO SPRING A TE C H INSTRU C TOR FILM & DIGITAL VIRTUES Both photos by Eric Cheng (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4) BY NI C K BOSTI C BY RON AKESON BY LA W SON WOOD 2 X-RAY MAG : 35 : 2010 Amsterdam Barcelona Cape Town Copenhagen Kuala Lumpur London Moscow Orlando Oslo Paris Ravenna Sao Paulo Singapore Vancouver Warsaw Editorial silver Legal matters Case 1 tative and investigative press can be seen as co-defend- On page 10 of this issue, there that keeps an unbiased and ant, settled the matter out is an article about the lawsuit critical eye on the industry and of court with a large sum and being filed against ScubaBoard its service providers. It is sad that pulled out, leaving a string of by a Maldives-based dive tour the afforementioned despute rebreather manufacturers with operator over allegedly libellous has now come so far that it has a bit of a headache, as they comments posted and state- to be resolved in the courts, scrambled to find a replace- ments by users on ScubaBoard’s but as far as X-RAY MAG is con- ment. forums, as members discussed cerned, we will not be cowed. We cross our fingers that these and vented their opinions on We will remain critical as always. legal cases are just aberrations the incidents surrounding and and not the harbingers of a the subsequent handling of a Case 2 new trend in the dive industry in fatal accident that occurred It was only days prior to going which members just sue some- on a liveaboard in 2008, when to press that we received body else for what is really only a young Russian diver tragically a conspicuously short press their own fault, or risk, that they lost his life due to contaminated release from Teledyne—the should have accepted in the air in scuba tanks. The case is manufacturer of oxygen sen- first place. still pending. sors used in many brands of As our societies seem to be While we are naturally both- rebreathers—that they were growing steadily more litigious, ered by the lawsuit—which pulling out and ceasing delivery it is disconcerting. Clearly at first glance looks to be a to the dive industry effective manufacturers and other serv- frivolous one—on behalf of our immediately, no further reasons ice providers should be held media colleagues, it is the far- given. Several industry insid- accountable for their products reaching implications we are ers close to the magazine who and services, but this should more worried about. If at any have asked not be named, or be regulated by official bodies time a member of the dive directly quoted, have point- that test and approve products cinema of dreams industry, or somebody else for ed to the lengthy legal case according to quality standards that matter, feels miffed about Barrett v. Ambient Pressure set forth in legislation. If the offi- receiving bad publicity in the Diving, Ltd. (the manufacturer cial inspectors are indeed dong press when reports on defective of the Inspiration and Evolution their jobs—protecting consum- products or services appear—or, rebreathers) as the underlying ers from faulty products and as in this case, accidents—and cause of Teledyne’s exit. services—and frivolous or gold- thereafter tries to censor the The case, which APD won digging lawsuits are still allowed media, then there is a direct after a four-year trial, was in the already overloaded threat to our function and obli- brought by Stephanie Barrett, backed-up court system, then gation to readers and consum- widow of Robert Barrett, who we will undoubtedly see more ers as reporters of information claimed that a design defect manufacturers shun the dive and opinion, a threat that must in the Inspiration rebreather industry and take their business- be fought at all costs. caused her husband’s death. es, products and innovations While the dive industry media The details can be read here elsewhere. may be a far cry from the http://www.davidconcannon. Washington Post—and we do com/recentcases/barrettvambi- And who could blame them? not exactly uncover scandals of ent.html. Watergate magnitude or bring We haven’t been able to — Peter Symes down presidents—it is still our obtain a comment directly from Editor-in-Chief www.seacam.com function, duty and obligation to Teledyne, but it is alleged that act as an independent, authori- Teledyne, who in some respects 3 X-RAY MAG : 35 : 2010 EDITORIAL FEATURES TRAVEL NEWS EQUIPMENT BOOKS SCIENCE & ECOLOGY EDUCATION PROFILES PORTFOLIO CLASSIFIED X-RAY MAG is a founding member of the Underwater MK25 / Network Underwater Network.com Spring has Sprung! 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